Álvaro Folgueiras, el

• Carlos Santos

Updated 03/19/2025 – 10: 00cet

Next Friday 21, Robert Morris will face the first round of the March Madness of the NCAA, the tournament that every university player wants to reach. Álvaro Folgueiras has achieved itin a huge second season in which he has ostensibly improved his numbers and leading a modest ‘College’ who had not stepped on ‘the madness of March’ of the NCAA.

Folgueiras, one of the most exciting Spanish basketball prospects, He went through radio brand microphones Before that special party: “It is a privilege to put Robert Morris at the March dance “he said proudly.

His season has been dreamy. Not only for playing the most beautiful tournament of all, but for having been recognized as the best player of the Horizon Conferenceled by his university: “It is being a great season personally because in collective it has gone well. I have taken an individual prize but everything is born that we are up in the classification and in the end I do it well because the team trusts me. And standing in a winning team favors you a lot, ”he explained.

THE OLPO ‘Fol’

The challenge of playing the 64 team tournament is capital, for the Malaga and for his team: “I am very happy with the participation in the March Madness. The story is written day by day and there are still things to do. It is an experience that can change your life. But I’m calm “. In that process, Folgueiras has not been able to avoid nicknames: “I have been motes like the fol octopus, monster … all ugly bugs. I think I’m more committed to that”he joked with laughter. “Actually that reflects the love they have here and that I try to return.”

The increase in popularity in this season is one of the great events that Folgueiras has had to manage: “I try to take it naturally. I love that I am recognized for what I like to do the most and in what I use many hours of training. But I don’t feel too much either.”

Folgueiras was one of the young pearls of Spanish basketball who opted for the American adventure and decided on the NCAA: “The American experience has many attractions. I did not want to leave the studies and in the NCAA the development of young people is the priority. And I have two more years left. ”But he understands those who stayed: “I made the decision to leave, but I consider that staying in Spain is no mistake. Each player and each case is different. There are always alternatives. ”

Following friends

And sideways, see the progression of his generation partners: “I’m very happy to see what friends like Larrea, Langarita, or Hugo González, they have more weight on their teams. They have all worked very much to achieve it and I am glad that they are a reality in the absolute selection. They are not future, they are present of Spanish basketball.” Like him. Speaking of the future … At the moment he does not think about the NBA draft: “I only think about the present, which is to work, and you have to do it a lot and well to get to the NBA. But I do not think about that.”

Now Folgueiras is an idol, but not long ago it was he who had them in posters: “Llull, Pau Gasol … For my game I would like to look like Mirotic. I think the mixture of his qualities and the mentality and ability to compete with Alberto Díaz make my perfect player. ”

Folgueiras that remains one more box: “triumph in Unicaja would be a dream come true ”he is about to fulfill another: play in the March Mother of the NCAA. That is something that is not available to everyone.